NEW DELHI: A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a two-judge bench’s order directing Maharashtra to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT), comprising police officers belonging to Hindu and Muslim communities, to probe two crimes related to the 2023 communal riots in Akola. Appearing for Maharashtra, solicitor general Tushar Mehta told…
Falling revenues force Cambridge to reassess education and public spending priorities After years of stable growth, Cambridge is preparing for tighter budgets that could affect school and community programs. According to The Harvard Crimson, city officials discussed the outlook during a recent roundtable with the City Council and School Committee, where they said an economic…
JAIPUR: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) may end up playing all their home matches in Pune in IPL-2026, it has been learnt. The shift is a direct fallout of the Chinnaswamy Stadium’s ongoing suspension following the June 4 stampede during RCB’s victory parade. MCA secretary Kamlesh Pisal told TOI, “This arrangement (Pune hosting RCB’s matches) is…
MUMBAI: Tata Trusts, which controls India’s largest conglomerate, $180-bn Tata Group, has inducted chairman Noel Tata’s son, Neville Tata (33), to the board of its flagship Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT). Speculation over Neville’s entry into the Trusts’ main entity had been building since Mehli Mistry’s exit last month. With Neville’s induction, three Tata family…
NEW DELHI: Indian agencies will get to the bottom of the conspiracy behind the Delhi blast and the perpetrators will not be spared, PM Narendra Modi said shortly after landing in Bhutan where he participated in the birthday celebrations of 4th Bhutanese king Jigme Singye Wangchuck. While he delivered his remarks on the occasion in…
Site of car explosion (X) At least 12 people were killed and around 30 others injured after a car exploded near the district and sessions court near G-11 area in Islamabad on Tuesday, local media reported reported. Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif and President Asif Ali Zardari both termed the incident a “suicide blast,” and…
NEW DELHI: It’s official. The capital’s air quality reached emergency levels on Tuesday and was the worst in nearly 11 months. With the noxious morning smog thickening amid dipping temperatures, Delhi recorded its first ‘severe’ air day of the year, prompting the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to enforce Stage III restrictions under the…
PATNA: Bihar set a new record on Tuesday with a polling percentage of 68.8 in the second and final phase, leaving political parties in a state of nervous excitement. The overall voting for both phases stood at 66.9%, the highest overall turnout since 1951. In the 2020 assembly polls, the turnout was 57.3% over three…
KOLAR: Recounting of votes polled on EVMs in Malur assembly constituency of Karnataka during the 2023 assembly elections continued till close to midnight in Kolar on Tuesday. This is the first time in the country that votes cast through EVMs in an assembly election are being re-tabulated, with the outcome set to be placed before…
Lucknow: Accusing the BJP of ‘misusing’ the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to selectively remove Samajwadi Party supporters from the electoral rolls, former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday called upon party MPs, MLAs and MLCs to keep a close watch on the entire drill being conducted by the Booth Level Officers (BLOs).“The BJP is…
